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Agent Coordination Engine

Q: What is Agent Coordination Engine?

An agent coordination engine is a software component that manages, sequences, and synchronizes the tasks, data flows, and policies of multiple autonomous or semi-autonomous software agents within a defined framework or workflow. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics An agent coordination engine implements mechanisms that schedule, route, and prioritize actions among multiple agents based on goals, constraints, and system state. It typically provides coordination

Agent coordination engine is a software component that controls how multiple software agents work together, managing workflows, shared state, and policies so enterprises can orchestrate autonomous or semi-autonomous agents within governed, observable, and auditable business or IT processes.

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It sits in a glossary	Linked to Agent Policy Engine, Multi-Agent Coordination, Agent Orchestration Layer, Agent2Agent Protocol	`inDefinedTermSet`

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